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                         THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002

                              SUPPLEMENTAL PROPOSAL

        The following information concerns a supplemental appropriations
    request for 2001 proposed for congressional consideration.

                               Legislative Branch

                            GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                              Salaries and Expenses

               (Supplemental now requested, existing legislation)

        For an additional amount for necessary expenses of the Truth in
    Regulating Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-312), $2,600,000, to remain available
    until September 30, 2003.

                   Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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    Identification code 05-0107-1-1-801      2000 actual   2001 est.   2002 est.
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        Obligations by program activity:
    00.30 Truth in Regulating Act...........                       3
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    10.00   Total new obligations (object
              class 25.1)...................                       3
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        Budgetary resources available for obligation:
    22.00 New budget authority (gross)......                       3
    23.95 Total new obligations.............                      -3
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        New budget authority (gross), detail:
          Discretionary:

    40.00   Appropriation...................                       3
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        Change in unpaid obligations:
    73.10 Total new obligations.............                       3
    73.20 Total outlays (gross).............                      -3
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        Outlays (gross), detail:
    86.90 Outlays from new discretionary
            authority.......................                       3
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        Net budget authority and outlays:
    89.00 Budget authority..................                       3
    90.00 Outlays...........................                       3
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        The Truth in Regulating Act of 2000, P.L. 106-312, authorizes the
    General Accounting Office to conduct a three-year pilot project. The Act
    provides that, when a Federal agency publishes an economically
    significant rule, a chairman or ranking member of a committee of
    jurisdiction of either House of Congress may request the Comptroller
    General to review such rule. An ``economically significant rule'' is
    defined to mean any proposal or final rule, including an interim or
    direct final rule, that may have an annual effect on the economy of $100
    million or more, or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a
    sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment,
    public health or safety, or State, local, or Tribal governments or
    communities.

        The Act requires the Comptroller General to submit a report on each
    rule reviewed within 180 calendar days after receiving the request. The
    report should include an independent evaluation of the agency's analysis
    of the potential costs and benefits of the rule and alternative
    approaches. Additionally, the report should include an evaluation of any
    regulatory impact analysis, federalism assessment, of other analysis or
    assessment prepared by the agency or required for the rule. The
    Comptroller General is given the discretion to develop procedures for
    determining the priority and number of requests for review.

        The Act is effective 90 days after the date of enactment. The pilot
    project continues for three years provided that in each fiscal year or
    portion thereof, a specific annual appropriation of at least $5 million
    or the prorated equivalent is made for the pilot project.